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Well google maps can let you down if the mobile internet coverage is patchy I suppose, but still other phone apps are available with freely downloadable satnav maps. Agree that there is little need to pay for satnav in this day and age.

16th Oct 2016

boostii

Well google maps can let you down if the mobile internet coverage is … Well google maps can let you down if the mobile internet coverage is patchy I suppose, but still other phone apps are available with freely downloadable satnav maps. Agree that there is little need to pay for satnav in this day and age.

Tried apps, tried various sat navs still go back to tom tom, especially when abroad.

16th Oct 2016

compadre

Tried apps, tried various sat navs still go back to tom tom, especially … Tried apps, tried various sat navs still go back to tom tom, especially when abroad.

​Fair play mate, but have you tried the OsmAnd app. You can download maps of pretty much anywhere and it works very well, I have used it in Ireland and Spain without issue. The user interface is not the most intuitive but once you get your destination programmed in, its really good.

16th Oct 2016

compadre

Tried apps, tried various sat navs still go back to tom tom, especially … Tried apps, tried various sat navs still go back to tom tom, especially when abroad.

​Have you tried Here WeGo?

16th Oct 2016

p_ist_a

​Have you tried Here WeGo?

​i have, still return to a discrete satnav . phones and apps still a few years off being better.

I drive lots.

for occasional use there's a lot of free choice

16th Oct 2016

Not sure I get this, some units have free map updates? Is that same as this?

16th Oct 2016

p_ist_a

​Have you tried Here WeGo?

Yes I have. I have it on all my devices. But I still default to tom tom on any important journey.

16th Oct 2016

I thought it was a deal to get 50% off Benefit makeup lol

16th Oct 2016

papito

Not sure I get this, some units have free map updates? Is that same as … Not sure I get this, some units have free map updates? Is that same as this?

​there's not really much to "get"; TomTom expect you to pay a very large amount of money for a year's worth of map updates. those same map updates are freely available if you buy a good satnav in the first place. alternatively use an app on your phone, like Google maps.

I bought a Garmin just under a decade ago with map updates as part of the package. TomTom expected you to buy maps on an annual subscription back then, and apparently they still do now. the equivalent TomTom satnav with updates would have cost me a small fortune to own over the same period.